Happy Juneteenth!!!

[Fantasy Island]

Hope everyone is having a great Juneteenth!

[David Harris]

Forgot its now a National Holiday, banks are closed

I still have to go to work

[Warfish]

Celebrating human freedom and dignity, while remembering the depths of human evil, is always a good thing.

[JetPotato]

2 minutes ago, Warfish said:

Celebrating human freedom and dignity, while remembering the depths of human evil, is always a good thing.

Just once I'd like to get through a thread without a Belichick reference.

[Bronx]

Great post @Fantasy Island

 

[Jetsfan80]

1 hour ago, Warfish said:

Celebrating human freedom and dignity, while remembering the depths of human evil, is always a good thing.

You would think, but there is always at least one that has to look at it as a joke all the same.  Looking at you @jetsons and @sciond.

[jetspenguin]

I still have to work but glad it's a holiday for some nonetheless.

Sent from the NY Jets /Zack Wilson Suicide Watch desk.

[Jetsfan80]

2 minutes ago, jetspenguin said:

I still have to work but glad it's a holiday for some nonetheless.

Good day for reflection whether working or not and regardless of your race, similar to MLK Day that lots have to work on. 

I was luckily able to attend a virtual tour of the African American Smithsonian exhibit today led by my company's African Heritage Business Resource Group so I could at least participate/learn something.  

[HighPitch]

Happy juneteenth everyone

[Joe W. Namath]

I still have no clue what this holiday is for.  But the day off from work is nice.

[Long Island Leprechaun]

8 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

I still have no clue what this holiday is for.  But the day off from work is nice.

Maybe look it up. Thank you Abraham Lincoln, thank you!

[Jetsfan80]

17 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

I still have no clue what this holiday is for.  But the day off from work is nice.

 

8 minutes ago, Long Island Leprechaun said:

Maybe look it up. Thank you Abraham Lincoln, thank you!

 

Educate yourself, Joe W, and everyone else who still has no idea.  All it takes is a google search.  But here it is all the same: 

The Emancipation Proclamation (signed Sep 22, 1862; issued Jan 1, 1863) and 13th Amendment (April 8, 1864) weren't enough to free all the slaves.  The Union forces had to enforce the law in the south.  The last stop was in Texas, the westernmost slave state at the time, on June 19, 1865. 

I.E. 2 months after the Civil War ended, more than a year after the 13th Amendment was signed into law, and 2 and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the slaves were finally freed for good in ALL parts of the country.  Months/years more that families and loved ones were torn apart and sold into forced servitude after 400+ years of slavery in the US.  Only then were all the slaves finally freed in the US. 

Keep this stuff in mind and teach it to your children, because there are plenty of places in this country trying their hardest to stop teaching it in schools.

[RutgersJetFan]

24 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

I still have no clue what this holiday is for.  

If only you had access to some sort of device that could provide that kind of information.

[JetPotato]

2 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said:

If only you had access to some sort of device that could provide that kind of information.

Union forces haven't reached his town yet. 

[Pac]

Surprised this hasn't gone off the rails yet. 

[JetPotato]

2 minutes ago, Pac said:

Surprised this hasn't gone off the rails yet. 

[jetspenguin]

1 hour ago, RutgersJetFan said:

If only you had access to some sort of device that could provide that kind of information.

I guess you have to care first.

[Gastineau Lives]

2 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

 

 

Educate yourself, Joe W, and everyone else who still has no idea.  All it takes is a google search.  But here it is all the same: 

The Emancipation Proclamation (signed Sep 22, 1862; issued Jan 1, 1863) and 13th Amendment (April 8, 1864) weren't enough to free all the slaves.  The Union forces had to enforce the law in the south.  The last stop was in Texas, the westernmost slave state at the time, on June 19, 1865. 

I.E. 2 months after the Civil War ended, more than a year after the 13th Amendment was signed into law, and 2 and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the slaves were finally freed for good in ALL parts of the country.  Months/years more that families and loved ones were torn apart and sold into forced servitude after 400+ years of slavery in the US.  Only then were all the slaves finally freed in the US. 

Keep this stuff in mind and teach it to your children, because there are plenty of places in this country trying their hardest to stop teaching it in schools.

Oh man where??

Let me at em!!

[Spoot-Face]

inb4 @CTM ruins this thread

[freestater]

Happy Juneteenth!

May the spirit of human freedom always reign!

[Jetsfan80]

9 minutes ago, Gastineau Lives said:

Oh man where??

Let me at em!!

How about Florida?

 

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/06/28/some-teachers-alarmed-by-florida-civics-training-approach-on-religion-slavery/

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Those dynamics came into full view last week, when trainers told Broward teachers the nation’s founders did not desire a strict separation of state and church, downplayed the role the colonies and later the United States had in the history of slavery in America and pushed a judicial theory, favored by legal conservatives like DeSantis, that requires people to interpret the Constitution as the framers intended it, not as a living, evolving document, according to three educators who attended the training.

 

And Georgia?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing-textbooks-teach-slavery-black-immigration

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Three of the most popular textbook sources used in private schools throughout the US. These textbooks describe slavery as “black immigration”, and say Nelson Mandela helped move South Africa to a system of “radical affirmative action”.

 

As recently as the early-2000s Georgia teachers noted that the word "slavery" had been replaced with "European expansion" in textbooks.

Iowa has also reportedly been trying to remove "divisive" topics from their curriculum too.  Hmm, I imagine slavery might just be one of those?

 

Black history is American history so the idea that some would prefer for slavery to be ignored and left untaught is alarming, to say the least.

A big reason why Juneteenth is a worthy holiday.  

[Ghost420]

2 hours ago, Joe W. Namath said:

I still have no clue what this holiday is for.  But the day off from work is nice.

Tell me you're white, without telling me you're white. 

[Jetsfan80]

1 minute ago, Ghost420 said:

Tell me you're white, without telling me you're white. 

Less than 0 % chance Joe W isn't white

[Xtina]

This has to be the stupidest name ever for a holiday. What happened to the 9? What’s wrong with 9? 

[Untouchable]

So that’s why my package still isn’t here…

[BornJetsFan1983]

5 hours ago, Fantasy Island said:

Hope everyone is having a great Juneteenth!

This post should be removed it is far too political.

While acknowledging that Juneteenth has now become a national holiday, it was done in response to another highly political situation the  George Floyd Riots, but the idea/day has been around a long time.

It is important to remember the historical context surrounding this significant day and that is very much controversial and political in itself. Juneteenth was literally when the military arrived to inform slaves of their freedom because their democrat slave owners never told them they had been freed by two years earlier by Republicans. 

Again all of this is to politically charged and I don't think this is the place for it. Best left for in depth discussion elsewhere.

Please remove @Maxman or mods. 

[BornJetsFan1983]

1 hour ago, Ghost420 said:

Tell me you're white, without telling me you're white. 

nice comment the slight racism for not blindly kissing the boot enough. 

Again really should close this politically charged post. 

Just to point out the reason some don't know the holiday is pretty in-depth discussion but basically its because this forced holiday has issues because of today political narrative on race relations being so bad today when obviously it is nothing compared to yesteryears in our nations history. 

As someone mentioned already you can look it up, but for Jets nation sake I'm pretty sure we don't need the  nonchalant racism towards American citizen. No human should be attacked based on the color of their skin, include "white" @Ghost420. 

 

[Jetsfan80]

12 minutes ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

This post should be removed it is far too political.

While acknowledging that Juneteenth has now become a national holiday, it was done in response to another highly political situation the  George Floyd Riots, but the idea/day has been around a long time.

It is important to remember the historical context surrounding this significant day and that is very much controversial and political in itself. Juneteenth was literally when the military arrived to inform slaves of their freedom because their democrat slave owners never told them they had been freed by two years earlier by Republicans. 

Again all of this is to politically charged and I don't think this is the place for it. Best left for in depth discussion elsewhere.

Please remove @Maxman or mods. 

 

3 minutes ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

nice comment the slight racism for not blindly kissing the boot enough. 

Again really should close this politically charged post. 

Just to point out the reason some don't know the holiday is pretty in-depth discussion but basically its because this forced holiday has issues because of today political narrative on race relations being so bad today when obviously it is nothing compared to yesteryears in our nations history. 

As someone mentioned already you can look it up, but for Jets nation sake I'm pretty sure we don't need the  nonchalant racism towards American citizen. No human should be attacked based on the color of their skin, include "white" @Ghost420. 

OK Boomer Snowflake 

[Maxman]

14 minutes ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

This post should be removed it is far too political.

While acknowledging that Juneteenth has now become a national holiday, it was done in response to another highly political situation the  George Floyd Riots, but the idea/day has been around a long time.

It is important to remember the historical context surrounding this significant day and that is very much controversial and political in itself. Juneteenth was literally when the military arrived to inform slaves of their freedom because their democrat slave owners never told them they had been freed by two years earlier by Republicans. 

Again all of this is to politically charged and I don't think this is the place for it. Best left for in depth discussion elsewhere.

Please remove @Maxman or mods. 

This post didn't become political until you made it that way.

I won't remove this but I will ask that you avoid politics.

[Maxman]

7 minutes ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

nice comment the slight racism for not blindly kissing the boot enough. 

Again really should close this politically charged post. 

Just to point out the reason some don't know the holiday is pretty in-depth discussion but basically its because this forced holiday has issues because of today political narrative on race relations being so bad today when obviously it is nothing compared to yesteryears in our nations history. 

As someone mentioned already you can look it up, but for Jets nation sake I'm pretty sure we don't need the  nonchalant racism towards American citizen. No human should be attacked based on the color of their skin, include "white" @Ghost420. 

 

Ironically this is not the site for posts like this.

My suggestion is to just avoid this thread. Thanks.

[BornJetsFan1983]

3 minutes ago, Maxman said:

This post didn't become political until you made it that way.

I won't remove this but I will ask that you avoid politics.

@Maxman hmm surprising response considering the universal approach you have always taken. but rgr that

[jvill 51]

10 minutes ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

this forced holiday

The irony

[Maxman]

1 minute ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

@Maxman hmm surprising response considering the universal approach you have always taken. but rgr that

Thank you.

[Jetsfan80]

9 minutes ago, jvill 51 said:

The irony

Bet he didn’t complain this much about Columbus Day.  

[jgb]

22 minutes ago, BornJetsFan1983 said:

nice comment the slight racism for not blindly kissing the boot enough. 

Again really should close this politically charged post. 

Just to point out the reason some don't know the holiday is pretty in-depth discussion but basically its because this forced holiday has issues because of today political narrative on race relations being so bad today when obviously it is nothing compared to yesteryears in our nations history. 

As someone mentioned already you can look it up, but for Jets nation sake I'm pretty sure we don't need the  nonchalant racism towards American citizen. No human should be attacked based on the color of their skin, include "white" @Ghost420. 

 

What the heck is not a manufactured holiday? They all exist because of human decisions.